Senior Designer
Reporting to: Strategy Director
Location: Liverpool (Hybrid)
Type: Full-time
Salary: Up to £35,000
Overview
The Senior Designer plays a key role in delivering high-quality creative work across Essential Group’s client portfolio. This is a hands-on role for a designer with agency experience who is confident working across brand, campaign and content, and can take a brief from strategy to final execution with minimal oversight.
Working closely with the Strategy Director, you will turn client objectives into strong, commercially-effective design outputs across digital and offline channels. You will support the creative direction of retained and project clients, maintaining standards of quality, consistency and brand integrity.
Key Responsibilities
* Brand & Creative Delivery
* Design brand identities, guidelines and supporting assets for new and existing clients
* Deliver campaign and content creative across digital, social, print and presentation formats
* Translate briefs from strategy and marketing into clear, considered visual solutions
* Present and rationalise design decisions internally and, where required, to clients
* Work across multiple retainers and project timelines confidently
Collaboration & Workflow
* Work closely with content, digital and strategy colleagues to ensure cohesive output
* Support the Creative Lead in maintaining design quality and consistency
* Provide informal guidance to junior creatives when required
* Prepare artwork files correctly for print, web and developer handover
* Liaise with photographers, printers or freelancers when needed
Quality, Standards & Process
* Maintain file hygiene, version control and technical accuracy
* Uphold brand consistency across all touchpoints and client accounts
* Contribute to improving internal creative processes and documentation
* Ensure all work is aligned with strategic objectives and delivered on time
Who We’re Looking For
* 3+ years’ experience in a design role within a creative, brand or marketing agency
* Portfolio demonstrating brand, campaign and multi-channel creative work
* Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
* Bonus: Figma and/or motion/animation experience
* Confident interpreter of briefs with strong attention to detail
* Comfortable working across multiple clients and deadlines
* Clear communicator, able to present and rationalise creative decisions
* Organised, proactive, and motivated by producing high-quality design work
Progression
This role is designed with progression into a more senior creative position as the agency grows with increasing opportunity to shape creative direction, lead on key accounts, and support the development of the wider design function.